Quote Originally Posted by oskar View Post
I'm torn. Kyle Kulinsky who has a good record of predicting things correctly always said it was a bad move from the start. It was weak to focus on the Ukraine stuff, which was not all that interesting compared to emoluments, crimes against humanity at the border, overtly racist policies: the muslim ban, which only passed the supreme court on a technicality, the travel ban on african countries which has zero security merit. I think by far the strongest impeachment article would have been separating 4000 children at the border, losing track of them, and then fighting the Flores act in court... we've been over this.

Out of all of the things they could have picked, they pick the one that looks the most like they're just throwing a hissy fit because their spoiled kid's fake jobs are on the line.
It's very fitting that the day after the impeachment vote, the Iowa caucus app which was at least partially funded by the Buttigieg campaign, and reportedly had a number of ex Hillary staffers and some current Buttigieg staffers working on it malfunctioned so badly, the full count still isn't out today. I can't code, but I'd have the sense to USE FUCKING GOOGLE DOCS! How do you fuck that up?

What I think tipped the impeachment over the break even point for me was Adam Schiff. He actually turned out to be a really great speaker. Having a full week of coverage of Schiff laying out the arguments, I think will turn out well. The acquittal energized Trump's base, but I think senate democrats actually did a really great job laying out what's on the line. Romney flipping is also huge. I don't buy that it's a big loss or big win either way. By november it will mean very little.


The big upside is: the absolute blatant and incompetent campaign against Sanders by his own party is so embarrassing and so incompetent and so infuriating that it will make Sanders pull so far ahead that the DNC will have no choice but to nominate him.
I wonder, these assholes never used excel before. How do you fuck up a single job so badly? Truly fubar'd it